Has anyone mentioned the term "sesquialtera"?
_New Grove_ again, article "Hemiola":
from Gk. hemiolios: 'the whole and a half'; Lat. sesquialtera). In early music theory, the ratio 3:2. In terms of musical pitch, when the string of the monochord was divided in this ratio the two lengths sounded the interval of a 5th. The term was also used from the 15th century to signify the substitution of three imperfect notes for two perfect ones... [the rest previously quoted by me].
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
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